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  • Sales Manager Central Africa

    Sales Manager Central Africa

    Job Overview

    Sales Managers will prospect, set appointments and calls on existing and potential clients from the hotel industry within a territory to sell company products. The person in this position will conduct client needs analyses, demonstrate TravelClick capabilities, make initial recommendations, suggest complementary products and obtain commitment to purchase recommended products. In addition, the person in this position will follow company policies as it relates to the completions of contracts and paperwork to submit orders. They provide management with weekly sales reports summarizing actual sales, prospect updates and general sales activity in salesforce.com. Utilizing an in-depth knowledge of presentation software and the travel industry, the person in this position is responsible for the creating and delivery of client presentations using a laptop and dial up network connections. Sales managers are instrumental in obtaining and providing the organization with information on specific clients within their territory using interviewing methods, the Internet, word of mouth and general research activities.

    Functional Description

    To put into place effective strategies throughout the year for the sales region in order to achieve the monthly and total year budget
    Prospects, plans and calls on existing and potential clients within an assigned territory to maximize sales opportunities
    Research areas within the hospitality industry that impact sales for assigned region
    Accountable for individual sales goals associated with assigned territory
    Completes required contracts and paperwork for order submission following established company policies
    To take responsibility for an allocated portfolio of accounts, undertaking complete account management responsibilities for maintaining, servicing and developing the account.
    Creates and customizes client presentations using available templates and presentation tools
    Completes and submits sales reports on a timely basis following established division guidelines
    To ensure Salesforce is kept up to date with all client records, including contracts, client potential, past activity and future action required
    To ensure all client files and records are kept up to date, including contracts, and ensure that the appropriate rates
    To complete the Weekly sales report, within the allocated time frame
    To undertake regular market and competitor analysis, paying particular attention to product standard and pricing policy
    To be fully aware of market conditions and general industry information that may affect TravelClick’s business
    To act as liaison between clients and departments as requested, to assist in problem solving and promoting customer satisfaction where appropriate.
    To undertake special projects on an ad hoc basis which contribute to the overall success of TravelClick

    What We Are Looking For

    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

    Between of 3-5 years of previous sales experience in the hospitality or travel industry
    Extensive comprehension of our products specially Internet Marketing services. Familiar with Social Media and Mobile technology. Software as a Service technology. Stay abreast of new and changing product offerings
    Familiarity with Property Management systems/CRS/GDS/Revenue Management.
    Must be familiar with PC applications such as MS-Excel and MS-Word or MS-Power Point.
    Experience using Salesforce.com
    Maintain a consistently high level of desire and self-motivation in business development, and

    effectively engage prospect to achieve interest in TC products and services, and to set clear “next step” objectives

    Act as an enthusiastic advocate of TravelClick and its products

    Languages Required For The Position

    Must be fluent in English and Bantu Swahili.

    EEO Statement

    “All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.”

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  • Transport Planning Senior Associate

    Transport Planning Senior Associate

    About the Position
    The Transport Planning Senior Associate will play a key role in the conceptualisation, design, and implementation of sustainable transport solutions. The Senior Associate’s primary work areas will include technical analysis and design preparation for BRT and public transport systems. Additional work areas will include street design, parking management, and urban development policy. The job will entail a significant amount of fieldwork, including site visits and supervision of surveys. The Senior Associate will analyse primary and secondary transport data, prepare conceptual designs, and monitor project implementation. S/he will work closely with governments, consultants, and partner organisations. The Transport Senior Associate will be based in Nairobi and will report to the Transport Planning Manager. S/he will work closely with head office staff and international experts.
    Responsibilities

    Work with governments and public transport authorities to collect, process, and analyze transport data.
    Prepare high quality technical documents. In particular, prepare operational plans outlining how to improve operational efficiency and service quality in bus and BRT systems.
    Gather information on international best practices in transport system design and apply lessons learned locally.
    Conduct trainings of public transport agency officials in operations assessment and system planning.
    Prepare feasibility reports for transport systems.
    Prepare terms of reference documents for the appointment of consultants for operational planning, IT systems and infrastructure design for public transport systems.
    Work with the Communications Team to create communications materials that facilitate implementation of ITDP initiatives.
    Other duties as assigned.

    Key Qualifications

    A master’s degree in transport planning, transport engineering, city planning, or other relevant field.
    4-5 years of relevant professional experience.
    Excellent writing and speaking skills in English and Kiswahili.
    Familiarity with transport planning including survey design and management; demand analysis; and network planning. Knowledge of transport modelling preferred.
    Excellent Excel, Access, CAD, and GIS software skills required.
    Familiarity with the Adobe suite preferred.
    Strong commitment to advancing ITDP’s mission and to environmental and social justice.
    Excellent research and analytical skills. You should enjoy working with numbers!
    Demonstrated ability to manage people and projects to successful project outcomes.
    Strong communication skills, including preparing effective graphics and making powerful presentations.
    Ability to communicate complex transport issues through concise, compelling messages.
    Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects with flexibility, work well under pressure and keep to deadlines.
    Ability to maintain high standards while contributing pragmatic ideas.
    Availability to travel frequently.

  • Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Deputy Executive Director and Head of Programmes

    Monitoring and Evaluation Officer Deputy Executive Director and Head of Programmes

    Ref number: FIDA/M&E/12/2019
     
    Job Summary: The Monitoring & Evaluation Officer will be responsible to design and oversee all monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities, including ensuring full compliance with donor requirements, assisting programme team in defining outcome indicators, developing data collection tools and data collection methodologies, and leading data assessments and programme evaluation. The post holder will ensure M&E component is well integrated at the planning stages of programme and monitor project activities on a regular basis to ensure project impact.

     Reports to: The Deputy Executive Director and Head of Programmes
     Duties and Responsibilities:

    Monitor development and implementation of programme activities included in annual work plan with particular focus on results, impacts and lesson learning.
    Promote results-based approach to M&E, emphasizing on results and impacts.
    Follow up on monthly reports from staff on programme progress against work plan and provide feedback highlighting areas of concern and progress and ensure their timely submission.
    Facilitate, design and implement M& E tools.
    Undertake and facilitate the implementation of M&E plan, regularly revising and updating performance questions, indicators, methods and formats.
    Identify problems with the M&E system and modify the system, as necessary.
    Ensure that staff are receiving adequate support to be able to implement their M&E functions.
    Create a knowledge management strategy and framework.
    Organize and provide refresher training in M&E for staff.
    Any other duties assigned by the supervisor from time-to-time.

    Job Specification:

    Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Project Management or Statistics.
    At least THREE (3) years’ experience in monitoring & evaluation, project management, networking, donor relations and developing/writing project proposals.
    Experience with Monitoring & Evaluation systems in NGO context.
    Experience in proposal writing and resource mobilization strategies.
    Proficiency in statistical computer packages e.g. SPSS, STATA, EPI-INFO etc.

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  • Chief Pilot

    Chief Pilot

    (JOB REF: CP-HR-11-2019) Reports to; The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) through the Head of Operations Role Purpose; The Chief Pilot is responsible for the coordination and control of all flight crewmembers and for the safe, legal and efficient operation of ALS aircraft.
    Principle Responsibilities/Accountabilities;

    He is overall in charge of pilots and Cabin Crew.
    He will exercise control over discipline and deportment of flight crewmembers.
    He will be responsible for ensuring the optimum utilization of flight crew to meet Company operational requirements.
    He will liaise with the Head of Training and the Head of Operations to ensure that all flight crewmembers comply with the respective requirements of the Kenyan Civil Aviation Regulations.
    He is responsible together with the Head of Training and the Head of Operations for the flight crew training.
    He will ensure that all proficiency checks, current/recurrent checks and training, as well as instrument rating renewals are carried out. 
    He will keep a record of crew licenses, movements, passports, and vaccinations.
    The Chief Pilot must regularly check the knowledge of all flight crew regarding emergency Procedures.
    He is to advise the Head of Operations on crew requirements.
    He is to ensure compliance with flight efficiency and ALS Safety and Security systems and to ensure that all crew hold valid qualifications and appraise the crew for purposes of trainıng and promotion.
    He is to be aware of ALS Ltd Safety and Security procedures and to implement them.
    In the absence of the Chief Pilot, his regulatory duties and responsibilities will be delegated to the Head of Operations in writing. He will be required to perform any other duties assigned to him by the Head of Operations and/or the CEO.

    Qualification Requirements;
    The Chief Pilot shall possess the following minimum qualifications:

    An Airline Transport Pilot License with the appropriate ratings for the largest type of aircraft used in the ALS operations; THE EMBRAER 145.  NB// The Company may consider offering suitable candidate the Embraer 145 Type Rating in accordance with the Company Policy.
    Three years’ experience as Pilot-In-Command in commercial air transport
    A Commercial Pilot Licence with instrument rating in lieu of the Airline Transport Pilot Lincense

  • International Store Auditor

    International Store Auditor

    The Role
    We are looking for high caliber professionals to help achieve our goal of becoming “one of Europe’s three most successful apparel retailers by 2023”. 
    Job Description:

    Auditing the Store activities according to Audit criteria to check whether they are in compliance with existing Store procedures, memorandums and legal regulations
    Participating in store inventory counting as Head of Inventory
    Sending the audit and inventory reports to his/her function manager and the related departments. Examining audit and inventory reports when necessary
    Reports inappropriate situations to his/her manager during the audit and inventory process
    Preparing reports as per the audit and inventory analysis results

    Required Qualifications:
    Education & Language Skills

    Fluent English
    University Degree

    Professional Expertise

    Minimum 2 years of experience in store management or section management or store operations auditing
    Knowledge of MS Office programs (preferably Excel)
    Knowledge of corporate procedures, regulations in Retail Operations
    Ability to use System tools (Retail store and Retail software)
    Ability to use technical tools (handheld terminals cash registers)
    Understanding of POS (Point of sale) and stock management software integration

    Specific Competencies 

    Being quality-oriented
    Adjustment (Flexibility)
    Effective communication skills
    Gripping the details
    Problem solving and analysis
    Information management
    Quantitative Thinking.
    Ability to work in a multinational/multicultural environment/ Ability to travel 80 % of working time.
    Objective while executing his/her job

    At LC Waikiki, we take the time to review each and every application due to LC Waikiki prerequisites. If your application found appropriate we will contact you via phone or email.

  • Tax Manager

    Tax Manager

    Job Description
    We are looking for an experienced Tax Manager to lead and manage multiple operations of the tax practice. You will serve as a business advisor to our clients aiming at maximizing engagement and achieving qualitative outcomes.
    Responsibilities

    Reporting to the Managing Partner, the incumbent will be required but not limited to;
    Promote MDN KENYA as a preferred tax solution provider in Kenya.
    Have a clear understanding of current tax law changes and updates.
    Deliver a full range of tax services in compliance with laws and regulations within the stipulated timeframe.
    Provide innovative tax planning and review for client’s complex income tax matters.
    Identify and mitigate tax risks.
    Manage tax provision and tax compliance processes.
    Manage and coordinate tax audits.
    Review and assist in client tax accruals.
    Govern specific projects as needed – tax planning, complex tax matters, dissolutions, etc.
    Review current and deferred tax provisions.
    Lead and coordinate ad-hoc tax-driven business initiatives.
    Improve processes by developing or implementing best practices.
    Build relationships and interact with clients to provide excellent planning, consulting and expertise.

    Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business from a recognized institution
    CPA (K) or ACCA certification
    Minimum 5 year’s experience
    Excellent knowledge of tax accounting, tax compliance and all types of tax returns
    Excellent communication skills
    Good at meeting deadlines and solving problems
    Exceptional client service along with the ability to develop excellent client relationships
    Strong leadership and personnel management skills
    Analytical skills with detail orientation
    Previous experience with an audit firm will be an added advantage

  • Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) Project Manager

    Food Security and Livelihood (FSL) Project Manager

    Job Description
    Duty station: Cesvi Office in Isiolo town with travels to the project locations in Isiolo County, in accordance with project needs and security clearance. Travels to Nairobi for coordination meetings.
    Duration: 12 months renewable.
    Job purpose:
    Provide overall supervision to the activities implemented by Cesvi within the framework of the project, ensuring that they are delivered following the proposal text agreed with the donor and that they are leading to the achievement of the project’s results in a timely way.
    Specific tasks:

    Project Management:

    To ensure that activities are appropriately implemented and monitored and evaluated and propose when deemed necessary, amendments to the implementation strategy.
    To ensure the financial management of the project i.e. Budget development, BFU.
    To prepare timely purchase requests in line with the procurement plan.
    To support required actions by the administration related to team management and supervision.
    To identify logistics and admin support needs related to the project and communicate these to the relevant log/admin support person(s).
    Liaise and coordinate with the other partners of the consortium.

    Reporting, monitoring, communication and planning:

    Ensures internal reporting and contribution to donor reporting.
    Writing of the narrative monthly, quarterly, intermediate and final reports, according to the templates and requirements.
    Shares information with the other project partners.
    Participates in designing strategies and objectives for improved support to beneficiaries and contribute actively in its monitoring, evaluation and revision.
    Participates in assessments in its geographical zone of intervention or outside.
    Planning of activities. He/she must provide activity planning for all the duration of the project, as well as monthly and/or as requested.
    Creates and applies a communication and visibility plan in the project(s) under his/her responsibility.
    Designs, and ensures the correct implementation of a monitoring plan for the activities.
    Designs, and implements correctly, a data-gathering system and tools as needed for the implementation of the project.
    Ensures the capitalization of lessons learnt and good practices in formal documents.

    Coordination and representation:

    Represents Cesvi at various level meetings in Isiolo and Nairobi, within and outside the consortium.

    Team Management & Human Resources Management:

    To identify, recruit train and manage project staff.
    To ensure the whole team has a clear understanding of the project.
    Ensure a positive working environment and good team dynamics (solve out potential conflicts), organise and lead coordination meetings and evaluate the staff under his/her direct responsibility on a regular basis and pass on the evaluations and recommendations to HR.

    Security:

    Comply with Cesvi Security Regulations.
    Ensure Staff safety and inform staff on security rules as defined.
    Reports any security/safety incident and/or risk to the Head of Mission.

    Essential Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as agriculture, agronomy, animal science, business development and marketing, environmental/natural resource management or any other related degree plus at least three years’ relevant work experience (project implementation, monitoring, community relations etc)
    Advanced level of technical knowledge of food security and livelihoods programming, including at least one of the following: value chains, nutrition-sensitive FSL interventions, livestock management, income-generating activities (IGAs), agricultural and livestock production, marketing and value chains and cash-based interventions.
    Experience of project management (at least 3 years).
    Demonstrated skills in staff management, capacity building and community relations
    Ability and willingness to work independently with a high degree of motivation, result-oriented creativeness and adaptability
    Good report writing and analytical skills
    Knowledge and previous practice of MS Office (Word and Excel are essential)
    Good communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team
    Knowledge and experience of assessments and monitoring are an advantage
    Knowledge of related programs, particularly nutrition and water and sanitation, are also an advantage
    Good English skills (written and spoken)
    Knowledge of Swahili language (written and spoken)

    Other requirements:

    Previous experience in Arid and Semi-Arid lands of Kenya
    Knowledge of or previous experience in Isiolo County

  • Marketing and Communications Officer

    Marketing and Communications Officer

    Global Grant Community Overview
    The Global Grant Community (GGC) is the AAS’ financial governance platform that aims to reduce the multitude of financial assessments and audits by standardizing, simplifying and strengthening grant funding worldwide. At the core of the GGC is a new international standard for Good Financial Grant Practice (GFGP) which provides an innovative and integrated approach to financial governance. The enabling platform allows research and academic institutions, NGOs, community-based organisations of any size to rate their capability to receive and manage grants. It provides an online self-assessment tool covering four grant management practice areas of —financial management, procurement, human resources and governance. GFGP has been adopted by the African Organisation for Standards (ARSO) to promote transparency in the use of funds by local organisations to mitigate the risk of fraud and corruption.
    Institutions are bench marked on a cumulative four-tier assessment – Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – that rates their capabilities to manage grants with the goal of:

    Assuring grant makers that their funds are going to recipient organisations with certified capabilities to manage grants
    Reducing the resource burden of grantees by streamlining the audit process
    Mitigating the risk of corruption and fraud

    Job Description
    Reporting to the Head of Communications and PR, the candidate will be responsible for implementing the GGC marketing and communications strategy, which entails running marketing campaigns, content development for various on and offline platforms, conducting market research of potential users of the GGC etc. The role will require someone with both a creative and analytical mindset.
    Duties and Responsibilities

    Support the implementation of the GGC marketing and communications strategy
    Support the planning, management and delivery of engagement and communication events and meetings with a wide range of GGC stakeholders and evaluating their success
    Content development for on and offline platforms, including producing engaging high-profile communications materials for the web and social media, opinion editorials, magazines, corporate publications, leaflets, posters, policy briefs, and e-bulletins
    Contributing to the annual sales and marketing plan including support with monitoring of performance and adjusting as needed
    Producing analytics, including for customer engagement and advertorial KPIs through use of Google AdWords, SEO and analytics, social media and online footprint, among others to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing and communication activities
    Conducting market research to extend the GGC reach and to assess market trends, demographics, and other information that impacts the delivery of the GGC marketing and marketing strategy
    Works with Head of Communications and PR and GGC team to establish budgets and marketing objectives for planning for the year and for campaigns
    Create marketing campaigns and working closely with the GGC and communications teams to execute them

    Qualifications

    Degree in Marketing, Communications or a business-related course, a master’s would be preferred
    At least 5 years of experience working in the communications and marketing field
    Strong understanding of modern marketing processes and technology capabilities around the following areas: Marketing Resource Management, Marketing Analytics, and Customer Data Management

    Person Specifications

    Previous experience in a marketing and communications role
    Development of effective communication and marketing strategies
    Demonstrates strong writing and editing skills
    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
    Communicates clearly and effectively
    Proficient with social media best practice including use of Business Ads Manager
    Possesses strong organisational skills
    Is detail-oriented, exhibits excellent interpersonal skills and capable of creating and maintaining a network of vendors for promotional events
    Is familiar with publishing programmes like Adobe and In-Design
    Exhibits proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
    Can think creatively and analytically and manages time efficiently
    Has worked in a Start-up/Tech Environment

  • Product Specialist (Clinical Trials Database)

    Product Specialist (Clinical Trials Database)

    AAS/PSCT/19/001
    Organisation Overview
    The African Academy of Sciences (The AAS) is a non-aligned, non-political, not-for-profit Pan-African organization headquartered in Nairobi, with a hosting agreement with the government of Kenya. The AAS’s vision is to see transformed lives on the African continent through science. It is the only continental Academy in Africa enjoying the support and recognition of the African Union, and with joint programmes with NEPAD Agency, now the African Union Development Agency (AUDA), as well as several governments and major international partners. It has a tripartite mandate: to recognize excellence through its highly prestigious fellowship and award schemes; to provide advisory and think tank functions for shaping the continent’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) strategies and policies; and to implement key STI programmes aimed at addressing Africa’s developmental challenges.
    Initiative Overview
    The AAS and its partners who coalesce under the Coalition of African Research & Innovation (CARI) seek the creation of a global public good that aggregates clinical research centre intelligence across the African ecosystem. The proposed clinical research platform will need to integrate with existing registries and be interoperable, be compliant with existing data protection and privacy guidelines, have capability to import site feasibility data and lists from a wide variety of Excel and CSV sources including feasibility questionnaires, site lists, etc, allow for exportation of data and produce reports, be optimized for search engines and be enabled to track user activity among other requirements.
    The initiative to aggregate data on clinical trials sites and capacities in Africa aims to:

    Promote African research centres by providing a platform that improves their visibility, optimizes the use of clinical trials grants across research centres and helps them sustain operations and staffing beyond individual grants through collaboration across the clinical research ecosystem.
     Reduce unnecessary duplication of effort in identifying, collecting and submitting clinical trial site feasibility assessments at the beginning of every new project.
    Develop a robust, open access, and up-to-date database of the African clinical research landscape including a catalogue of existing clinical trial capacity, regulatory requirements, performance, and predictability for clinical and translational sciences across countries.
    Increase capability to understand where there are duplication and gaps in capacity and funding and enable transparency of future investments and their impact.

    Position Overview
    A Product Specialist is a professional responsible for prioritizing, and evaluating work generated by a delivery team built on a backlog of user gathered requirements and aligned with project goals.  The candidate will act on behalf of the stakeholder and be able to make product decisions based on a deep understanding of the overall project objective.  The incumbent will also be expected to work in close collaboration with other AESA managed programmes in order to achieve the overall strategic goals of The AAS.
    Responsibilities
    Key Duties and Responsibilities

    Participate in requirement refinement planning
    Provide vision and direction to the technical development manager and team
    Communicate technical decision to AAS stakeholders throughout the project
    Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior approved tasks to work on
    Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
    Define and align to product vision, road-map and growth opportunities
    Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
    Work closely with technical delivery Product Management team to create and maintain a product backlog and delivery momentum
    Contribute to the planning product release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities
    Communicate between the steering group and technical team to enable the continuous development of the product
    Participate in requirement gathering workshops

    Qualifications

    Bachelor Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field, interest or experience
    Previous working experience as a Product specialist for at least 1-year desirable
    User Experience or web development or similar relevant field of interest or experience
    Knowledge of agile process and principles
    Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills
    Excellent organizational and time management skills
    Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
    Attention to details

    Knowledge and skills

    Possess well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to network and communicate across different levels of the internal organization and with external partners;
    Able to perform work independently with minimal supervision, but also participate as a team member
    Possess strong attention to detail and maintaining a timely and efficient work-flow;
    Have strong planning organizational skills and ability to work under pressure;
    Ability to multi-task and to prioritize work amidst competing demands;
    Have unquestionable integrity, confidentiality and respect.

  • Store Management Trainee

    Store Management Trainee

    We are keeping an ambitious expansion plan in Kenya and give you an opportunity for a fast career.
    You will join us as Management Trainee and we will be looking to develop you quickly into a 2. Store Manager  
    We give priority to the internal promotion; if you are potential we can develop your skills to achieve a managerial position.

    Job Description

    Ensures that LC Waikiki standards are implemented and followed constantly in the store
    Preparing the schedules of Store team efficiently
    Maximizing store productivity and efficiency
    Establishing excellent customer service and satisfaction
    Establishing and maintaining high standards of store layout and visual merchandising in line with the corporate standards
    Achievement of the given sales targets, productivity/m2 and bottom line profit objectives
    Achievement of the agreed/given Internal Audit Performance
    Controlling the shrinkage rates and all expenses and improving the conversion rates  

    Required Qualifications
    Education & Language Skills

    Minimum University Degree
    Fluent English (written & verbal)

    Professional Expertise

    Preferably 1-2 years of experience in fashion retail
    Good command of sales and negotiation skills
    Customer oriented
    Self-developer
    Result oriented and have a positive attitude
    Ability to solve problems, organize and plan
    Ability to work in a multinational/multicultural environment

    At LC Waikiki, we take the time to review each and every application due to LC Waikiki prerequisites. If your application found appropriate we will contact you via phone or email.